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If Apple kills iTunes, it won’t be mourned in China
Apple may soon replace the 18-year-old iTunes, but Chinese users won’t miss it
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It looks like Apple is finally retiring iTunes -- the once revolutionary but now increasingly clunky tool that’s been with users for 18 years. In China, the news drew users to vent about the frustrating experience of using iTunes, with most of them saying the breakup is long overdue.
It comes after reports that Apple will split the software into individual media apps. According to Bloomberg, Apple will replace iTunes with three new Mac apps -- Music, TV and Podcasts. Apple has also scrubbed all content from its iTunes Facebook and Instagram accounts.
A hashtag that translates to “Apple may close down iTunes” has drawn more than 180 million views on Weibo, where many users took the opportunity to complain about their dissatisfaction with using it. Many users said the software has always been confusing and that the backup process is too slow.
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“Even during the time I was the craziest about Apple, iTunes was a pain in my heart,” one Weibo user said.
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“This hard-to-use software is finally going away?” another user commented.
“I’m tearing up,” yet another user posted. “I’ve suffered iTunes long enough.”
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